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prosciutto

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /pɹəˈʃuː.toʊ/
  • US: /pɹəˈʒuː.toʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 SH UW1 T OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ham, jambon, gammon

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto (meaning 'ham', in general), from asciutto, with a change of prefix, or from a Vulgar Latin *perexsūctus, from per + Latin exsūctus.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: прошу́то (prošúto) — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 意大利熏火腿 (Yìdàlì xūnhuǒtuǐ) — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Czech: pršut — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Finnish: prosciutto — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • French: prosciutto — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • German: Pršut — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • German: Prsut — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • German: Schinken — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Greek: προσούτο (prosoúto) — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Italian: prosciutto crudo — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Japanese: プロシュット (puroshutto) — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Korean: 프로슈토 (peurosyuto) — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Macedonian: пршутa (pršuta) — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Polish: prosciutto — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Polish: szynka parmeńska — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Portuguese: prosciutto — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Russian: прошу́тто (prošútto) — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Russian: ветчина́ (vetčiná) — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Serbo-Croatian: pršut — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Serbo-Croatian: пршут — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Slovene: pršut — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Spanish: prosciutto — dry-cured ham from Italy
  • Ukrainian: прошу́то (prošúto) — dry-cured ham from Italy